DNA

Is Homochirality a Problem for the Origin of Life?

March 22, 2023

Question of the Week: Atheists keep telling me that homochirality is not a problem for naturalistic models for life’s origin. How do you respond? My...

Origin of Life & Astrobiology

by Hugh Ross Read

Have Astronomers Found Life’s Building Blocks?

August 15, 2022

For at least five decades, proponents of a naturalistic origin of life have been searching for evidence of the RNA world hypothesis. The RNA...

Biochemistry

by Hugh Ross Read

Koala Endogenous Retroviruses (ERVs) Protect against Retroviral Infections

April 28, 2021

I don’t really have a bucket list, but if I did, hanging out with koalas would most certainly be near the top. My wife Amy...

Evolution

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Is the “Hand of God” Evident in Life’s Origin?

March 2, 2020

How did life on Earth begin? Does an experimenter’s intervention reveal the “hand” that made life?

Biochemistry

by Hugh Ross Read

Mutations, Cancer, and the Case for a Creator

December 11, 2019

Cancer. Perhaps no other word evokes more fear, anger, and hopelessness. It goes without saying that cancer is an insidious disease. People who get...

Biochemistry

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Long Noncoding RNAs Extend the Case for Creation

January 9, 2019

I don’t like to think of myself as technology-challenged, but I am beginning to wonder if I just might be. As a case in...

Biology

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

The Endosymbiont Hypothesis: Things Aren’t What They Seem to Be

August 29, 2018

Sometimes, things just aren’t what they seem to be. For example, when it comes to the world of biology.

Evolution

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Do Plastic-Eating Bacteria Dump the Case for Creation?

July 18, 2018

At the risk of stating the obvious: Plastics are an indispensable part of our modern world. Yet, plastic materials cause untold problems for the...

Biology

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Believing Impossible Things: Convergent Origins of Functional Junk DNA Sequences

March 14, 2018

In a classic scene from Alice in Wonderland, the story’s heroine informs the White Queen, “One can’t believe impossible things,” to which, the White...

Biology

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

A Common Design View of ERVs Encourages Scientific Investigation

December 21, 2017

Viruses are a mystery: No one knows where they originate. As a virologist, I’ve always thought of viruses as incomplete components of once functionally...

Evolution

by Anjeanette Roberts Read

DNA: Digitally Designed

May 24, 2017

We live in uncertain and frightening times. There seems to be no end to the serious risks confronting humanity. In fact, in 2014, USA...

Design

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Protein-Binding Sites ENCODEd into the Design of the Human Genome

March 15, 2017

At last year’s AMP Conference, I delivered a talk titled: “How the Greatest Challenges Can Become the Greatest Opportunities for the Gospel.” I illustrated...

Biology

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read